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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1943
Page
5
Sgt A. Christopher details Dominion's first parachute school near Shilo Manitoba. trainees endure rigorous calisthenics and ground work before first jumps from a Lockheed, using towers ramps wind machines and mock doors to learn correct parachute technique and safety.
Government calls to grow food at home are reflected in England and Wales allotment holders rising from 700000 to 900000 in four years, totaling about 1860000. Wembley shows growth from 130 plots to 2600, wartime allotments yield large tonnages of essentials and save significant shipping space annually.
The RCAF introduces a wing with bars signifying multiple operational tours. Each additional tour earns a bar, with one bar for two tours and up to four tours shown by three bars. Aircrew in Canada and overseas will qualify for the new award, accompanied by a certificate noting distinguished service in action against the enemy.
The piece notes the need for peace time spending on education health and poverty relief, contrasts wartime and peacetime funding, and reflects on Canada’s glacial history with mentions of Pleis tocene invasions shaping Ontario soils. It cites fossils in the Royal Ontario Museum and explains postglacial land uplift and Lake Ontario basin changes.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports progress in safflower oil investigations alongside flax soybeans sunflowers and rape. Safflower, an annual herb used for edible oil and in soap and paint, shows anti after-yellowing properties and is under field tests in Western Canada with oil yields rising to 25 percent since 1936 and improvements in 1941-42.
A wartime tribute recounts British merchant sailors facing gales U boats and torpedoes and still delivering vital military stores. The piece cites Lord Baldwin stories of seafaring courage and the enduring “sea sense” in Britain's national life, linking past heroism to today’s allied shipping surplus and convoy endurance led by merchant mariners.
The world’s first blood bank operated entirely by Chinese medical staff opened in New York City on June 7 1943 to collect plasma for China’s armies. Its staff and equipment will later go to China to establish the country’s first blood bank and school of instruction in this field.
A bat emits a high pitched squeak beyond the hearing range of many people. The sound highlights how echolocation can remain inaudible to humans while guiding the animal.
Simple four piece pattern guides quick sewing of a cute poodle mascot toy. Includes transfer pattern and dog making directions. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue to obtain pattern number 7611.
Sir William Mulock, former Chief Justice of Ontario, has achieved success in reforestation on his Toronto area farm. He began planting black walnut trees years ago and now oversees a stand of about 45 000, maturing toward substantial value. The effort illustrates the broader potential of reforestation in the country.
A microvascular feature is described as a capillary about thirty nanometers thick, roughly fifty times thinner than a human hair, highlighting ultra-fine blood vessel structure.
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